New Local Government Network

The New Local Government Network is a British think tank. It says it is an "independent thinktank seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities". It is seen to be Labour Party dominated.

NLGN was favourably endorsed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. "Modernising local government is vital to the future of our communities. NLGN contributes innovative and thought-provoking ideas to the debate on how we achieve that" he said. 

It is funded by public sector members of its Innovation Forum and private sector corporate partners. Its funders include many companies who are involved in getting contracts from the Public Sector - including controversial Public Private Partnerships.

Corporate Partners

 * Accord
 * Amey
 * Aggresso
 * Appleyards
 * British Telecom
 * Business Services Association
 * Buro Happold
 * Capita
 * CBI
 * Cambridge Education Associates
 * Corporation of London
 * Edwards
 * Fujitsu
 * HBS
 * Hedra
 * Interserve
 * ITNET
 * Jarvis
 * Kendric Ash
 * Kier Group
 * KPMG
 * McAlpine
 * MouchelParkman
 * NabarroNathanson
 * Nord Anglia Education
 * Onyx
 * Ordnance Survey
 * Pinnacle
 * Prospects
 * PricewaterhouseCoopers
 * Serco
 * Service Team
 * Tesco
 * Tribal
 * Vertex

Local Authority Innovation Network members

 * Bedfordshire County Council
 * Blaby District Council
 * Bracknell Forest District Council
 * Dacorum Borough Council
 * Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
 * Gateshead Council
 * Herefordshire Council
 * Hertfordshire County Council
 * Kent County Council
 * Lancashire County Council
 * Lewisham Council
 * Luton Council
 * Northamptonshire County Council
 * Sheffield City Council
 * Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
 * Suffolk County Council
 * City of Sunderland
 * West Sussex County Council
 * Wiltshire County Council

Staff

 * Director: Dan Corry
 * Head of Research: Warren Hatter
 * Head of Events and Marketing: Rosa Napolitano
 * Head of Communications: Ian Parker
 * Head of Organisation: Anna Randle
 * Research Officer: Natalie Arend
 * Marketing Executive (Publications): Anna Morrell

Trustees
(From )
 * Professor Gerry Stoker (University of Manchester)
 * Liz Allen (Education Policy Analyst, also NAFTHE)
 * Steve Bullock (Labour Mayor of Lewisham)
 * Professor Paul Corrigan (Special Advisor to Alan Milburn, Department of Public Health, Married to Labour minister Hilary Armstrong)
 * Mike Emmerich (Director, Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester, former Prime Ministers Policy Unit, Labour Party agent)
 * John Foster (Chief Executive, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council)
 * Ben Lucas (Director, LLM Communications, former advisor to minister Jack Straw)
 * Amanda McIntyre (Head of Modernising Government, CBI)
 * Helen Randall (Partner, Nabarro Nathanson)
 * Iain Roxburgh (Local Government Consultant)
 * Nick Sharman (Director of Operations and Local Strategies, LDA)
 * Munira Thobani (Independent Consultant)

All information as of December 2003.

External Link

 * New Local Government Network web site